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repulse
Found in thesaurus: rejection, fight down, fight back, oppose, fight, defend, displease, force, push
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repulse
v.
refuse, reject, rebuff; repel, drive away
n.
refusal, rejection; repulsion, act of driving away
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Repulse
Repulse may refer to:
- Places
- Repulse Island National Park, Queensland, Australia
- Repulse Bay, Hong Kong
- The Repulse Bay, residential building
- Naujaat, formerly Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
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repulse
Noun
1. an instance of driving away or warding off
(synonym) rebuff, snub
(hypernym) rejection
(derivation) repel, drive, force back, push back, beat back
Verb
1. force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
(synonym) repel, fight off, rebuff, drive back
(hypernym) fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
(derivation) rebuff, snub
2. be repellent to; cause aversion in
(synonym) repel
(hypernym) displease
(hyponym) disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
3. cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
(synonym) repel, drive, force back, push back, beat back
(hypernym) push, force
(verb-group) drive
(derivation) rebuff, snub
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repulsar
v.
reject, snub, repulse
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repulsar
v.
repulse, act of driving away
